Tejal Shah's Video Works Explored for Queer Abstraction in Academic Article

An article by Lalitha Gopalan, published on October 15, 2024, examines the moving-image practice of Indian queer artist and activist Tejal Shah. The analysis focuses on two key works: the 2000 video "Chingari Chumma/Stinging Kiss," created with Anuj Vaidya, which engages with queer subculture and Indian cinema archives, and the 2012 five-channel installation "Between the Waves." Gopalan argues that the latter offers an aperture toward abstraction, specifically queer abstraction, through a close reading of one channel. Shah's media works have been widely exhibited in urban locations since the early 2000s. The article appears in ARTMargins, Volume 13, Issue 3, pages 78-96, and is available via subscription through MIT Press.